Wheel-rim



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WHEEL RIM.

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Patented Feb. 22, 1921.-

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J. J, TIERNEY.

WHEEL RIM.

APPmmTmN FILED Amas, ms. 1.369,5?5 Patented Feb.22,1921 2 SHEETS-SHEETZ UNITED STATES PATENTI oFFI-c'e.

.Tacx J. TIERNEY, or s'r. AIBANS, wns'r VIRGINIA, AssIGNoIt or ONE-HALF 'ro mums Pmcnwamucx, or sfr. ALBANs, wns'r VIRGINIA.

WHEEL-RIM.

Application led April 29, 1918. Serial No. 231,435.

To all whom t may concern: I

Be it known that I, JACK J. TIERNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing atl St. Albans, in the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheel-Rims, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tire .carrying rims for vehicle wheels, and has for its object to produce a rim for this purpose including a rigid and a detachable member, the latter so engaging With the former and with the felly of the wheelas to permit of a quick attachment and detachment thereof and also to hold the said l detachable member 'against turning by means other than that employed 'for securin the said member on the lfelly.

Other obJects and advantages will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, in w ich,

Figure 1 is a viewof a vehicle wheel illustrating the application of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a greatly enlarged sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 lof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view approxt i mately on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '4: is a detail perspective view of a portion of the rigid member of the rim.

Fig. 5 is a similar View of a portion of the detachable member of the rim, looking toward the inner face thereof.

Fig. 6 is a'perspective view of a portion of f" the wheel felly.

In the drawings the vehicle wheel is indicated by the numeral 7 and has secured to the felly `8 thereof one of the members 9 of my improvedv rim. The member 9 has its outer edge formed with a continuous inturned lip 10 designed to engage with one of the beads 11 on the pneumatic tire 12. The inner edge ofthe member 9 terminates a suitable disj tance from one of the sides of the 4felly 8 and has this edge beveled in opposite directions to provide a continuous tongue 13. The under wall 14 of the tongue 13 is of a greater length than the outer wall 15 thereof.

The felly 8, at the c'orner thereof adjacent to the tongue 13 is provided with spaced notches 16, the inner walls of whichare arranged at aninward and` upward angle These notches are designed to receive angular lugs 17 formed on the inner face and ad jacent to the outer edge of the removable section 18 of the rim. The section 18 has its spcification' tf Letters ratent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

' outer edgeiprovided withfa continuous-ined to engage with the turned lip 19 desi second bead 20 on t e pneumatic tire 12. The rim section 18 outward and opposite each of the lugs'l? is provided with inwardly extending radially disposed ears'21, each alternat- -lng ear has an opening 22 therethrough that 1s adapted to register with the threaded open- -ing 23 in thel elly 8i screwed in the openings .23 are bolts24 that pass through the openings 23 in the ears provided with said openings. These bolts are engaged by nuts 25 that contact with the said ears.

.The section 18, upon its inner edge is provldedwlth a continuous groove 25, defining oppositely beveled or inclined walls 26 Yand 27 respectively, the lower wall 26 bein groove 25 is designed to receive the tongue 1 3 of the section 9 when the removable section 18' is arranged on the felly, and when the sections of the rim are assembled an outer smooth facewill be provided for seating the tire 12. It will be apparent that by adjustmg the nuts 25 the section 18 may be brought toward the section 9 to firmly clench the tire between the sections- Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

having an angle groove to receive lthe angle tongue of the base of the fixed section, saidremovable section having its base, at equidistantly spaced intervals formed with angle elements-that are designed to be receivedin the notches of the felly and having depending ears, certain of which having openings therethrough for thellreception of threaded elements that are carriedby thefelly and nuts engaging said elements and contacting with said nuts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JACK J. TIERNE'Y.

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